My Mullberry Poker

[tbradsim1]

EJames made this for me, I have a pair now, sitter and a poker.

 

[wyfbane]

You wiley ole Cajun! That is a gorgeous pipe!
Enjoy!

 

[petes03]

Beautiful can hardly do it justice! Congrats!

 

[gwtwdbss]

Wow, gorgeous. What a huge beautiful pipe. Congrats!

 

[papipeguy]

Nice; it looks like you could pull an all-nighter with that.

 

[tbradsim1]

Pap I"m gonna tell you like the nurse told Roth when he got snipped, Naw it"s not that big! :rofl:

 

[ejames]

I was very pleasantly surprised when Brad contacted me about making the first pipe,and even though I know he was satisfied with it, I was kinda shocked when he asked for a second!

After all, I ain't no pro at this and have no intentions of ever trying to be one. Making the pipes and tampers are a hobby for me,but I can't keep them all and I don't mind making a buck or two either. Helps to pay for my PAD and TAD.

And Roth,hopefully we'll get lucky and I can find another chunk of good Mulberry!

 

[peckinpahhombre]

Awesome poker. How does Mulberry smoke as compared to briar?

 

[allan]

Brad
That looks large enough to substitute for a beer stein! LOL
Actually, gorgeous pipe and congrats to you and ejames.
Well done

 

[tbradsim1]

Peck like Ed said, first 1 or 2 smokes a burnt woodsy taste, very very slight, the Poker was dryer , lighter, and the second smoke was dialing in, they are super light and I believe are worth haveing. Thank You Ed!

 

[mso489]

Mulberry! That's a new one on me. Tell a little about that, please. Is this mulberry root or limb stock,

and what are its smoking characteristics. As I've said, once too often perhaps, I have two pipes made

out of Mountain Laurel, which was a pipe stock alternative during WWII when briar was scarce. Now,

Mountain Laurel is scarce, at least as a pipe bowl material. But Mulberry sounds interesting and looks

terrific, makes for a really handsome pipe.

 

[ejames]

The Mulberry I used was from the trunk of a rather large tree. It had been cut and left where it fell for a few years. I've made three pipes from the section I cut off that tree and drug home and one( Bradleys first pipe) from wood that Winton sent me.

I made my first in 8-09 and it is still in my rotation.

 

[cigrmaster]

Bradley, that is a beauty. That is what I call a nice hunk of wood. Should keep you smoking for a few hours.
ejames, very nice work, and thanks for the explanation about the Mulberry, never knew you could make pipes out of it.

 

[trailspike48]

Durn it Bradley, you have small hands. Fine looking pipe though.

 

[canadianbiggame]

Very nice, how long does it to smoke a pipe of that size? Does it get really hot?